Tailqfts square



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A. E. BEARRIE.

TAILoR's SQUARE.

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Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

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ARTHUR E. BFARRIE, OF C'IIICACC, ILLINOIS.

TAILORS SQUARE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,104, dated October 5, 1886.

Application tiled Apiil lil, 1886.

To all whom may concern,.-

.Beit known that I, 'ARTHUR E. BEARRIE, of Chicago, in the county of Cool: and State ol' lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tailors Squares, ot' which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan View of nly improved sq nare. Fig. 2 is a plan view ot' the same with the legs closed. Fig. 3 is an edge view showing the devices for holding the legs open.

My invention relates to tailors squares and measuring devices for use in laying ot'f and cutting garments; and it consists inthe construction and combination of parts herein de scribed, and pointed out definitely iu the claims.

In the d iawings, A represents the long ieg, and A the short leg, of the square. These two legs are pivoted together' at a. Upon the outer edge of one leg, A, a ilat spring, B, is secured, the free end ol' which projects beyond the leg A and ends in a beveled catch, b. This catch is provided with the slot b. (Shown in Fig. 3.) ll pon the corresponding edge of the other leg, A, I bevel the part adjacent to the leg A to correspond with the beveled catch 11,' and I also provide a beveled stud, Z, adapted to enter the Vslot b when the legs are at right angles with each other. A spring-catch is thus formed which, when the legs are swung open, automatically catches and holds the legs at right angles with each other until the spring B is lil'ted. Vhen a nieasuringinstrument-a ruleonly is wanted, the legs are closed, as shown in Fig. 2, which is much more convenient than when the legs are open. NVhen a square is desired, the `legs are swung apart, the beveled catch slides upon the beveled stud if' until the spring B forces the slot b down over said stud, when the legs A A are, as before Serial No. 193,675.

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with any desired unit ol' measure and in any I appropriate manner.

As a further improvement l'construct upon the i'rce end ot' the long arm A the irregular curve C, as shown. llhis curve beginsupon said arm at a point where the short arm A, when closed, will not strike it, but will Vlic close to the long arm, as shown in Fig. 2. rlhe curve C can thus be used when the device is in its most con ven ient form-to wi t, closed-as shown in Fig. 2, with nearly, if not quite, as great facility as it' it were a separate instrument, while the inconvenience ot' having two tools lying about the work-table is avoided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

ll.. A tailors square consisting ol' two legs pivoted together, combined with :t slotted springcatch secured to-one edge ol' one leg and a beveled stud secu red to the eorresponding edge ol" the other leg adapted to automatically enter said slot, substantially as and l'or the purposev set l'orth.

2. A tailors square consisting ol' two legs pivoted togetl1er,tl1e end ol' one leg being beveled toward its inner edge and having a beveled stud secured tosaid beveled part, the outer edge ofthe other leg being provided with a Hat spring having a beveled end and a slot through said beveled end, the whole combined and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ARTHUR E. VliEARltl'E.

Witnesses:

E. L. 'l`nnns'roN, XVM. M. Him..4 

